Tandy Wilson, owner and chef of City House, has been named Nashville's only finalist for the James Beard Foundation's Best Chef Southeast.

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Jennifer Justus
The Tennessean

He married his sweetheart and City House manager Stephanie Melidis in a ceremony at Cannery Row on Sunday, the couple has a baby on the way, and today he has been named Nashville's only finalist for the James Beard Foundation's Best Chef Southeast.

Wilson has been listed on the semifinalist list previously, joining 17 other chefs this year including Tyler Brown of the Hermitage Hotel and Margot McCormack of Margot Cafe & Bar. (Lockeland Table also was listed on the Best New Restaurant semifinalist list). But for the finalist ...